Are You Using Dangerous Cosmetics?

by Peter Clark

The big name cosmetics lines that you find in your stores and that you may even be using today have suspect or even dangerous ingredients in them. Where do you find safe cosmetics to use?

It’s unfortunate but the FDA doesn’t test the ingredients going into cosmetics and doesn’t have to satisfy itself that they are safe for us to use. Or safe for human consumption.

Human consumption? Isn’t that a little silly, we don’t eat our cosmetics.

Well actually, in effect, we do. You see when you put a product like a moisturizer or blush or whatever product it may be onto our face a little of it soaks in and that little bit gets into your bloodstream exactly as if you had eaten it.

Potentially dangerous ingredients have got into your system even though you didn’t intend it.

And there really are some quite nasty ingredients in cosmetics. And in skin care and anti aging products, personal and beauty and body care products and more. Lipsticks, mascaras, eye shadows, bronzers, blushes, foundations and other cosmetics have been found to have dangerous ingredients in them, some of which have been shown to cause cancer.

Here’s a quote from the FDA that might make you wonder:

The regulatory requirements governing the sale of cosmetics are not as stringent as those that apply to other FDA-regulated products Manufacturers may use any ingredient or raw material, except for color additives and a few prohibited substances, to market a product without a government review or approval.

Scary isnt it?

The problem is so bad that there are now entire organizations set up to try and stop the spread of dangerous ingredients in our cosmetics. One of them, possibly the best known, is the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics.

Look at their website and you’ll find this:

1. A recent study has found that over 50% of big brand name lipsticks tested had lead in them.

True Red Christian Dior Addict LOreal Colour Riche Cover Girl Incredifull Lipcolor Maximum Red and Positive Red were all there. And the lipsticks containing lead included some expensive brands.

2. Some cosmetics also contain 1,4-Dioxane. If you look at the label of these brands you won’t find it listed on the label, so you can’t tell.

There’s plenty of examples, I won’t list them all here one by one, but the big question is, can you find safe cosmetics?

Yes you can find safe cosmetics, just as you can find safe (and very effective) safe skin care products.

There are a number of small niche cosmetics companies that work very hard to produce safe and high quality cosmetics ranges for the canny consumer. The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics actually has a register that these companies can sign to evidence their commitment to producing safe products, though you won’t find the big brands have signed it.

These small niche companies are unable to compete with the big brands on marketing budget, so you won’t see them on TV, so you’ve probably never heard of the. But their products are top shelf, even thought they don’t actually sell through the stores so their products aren’t on the shelves at all.

You might be looking for either skin care products or cosmetics or other beauty products, either way you can buy confident you aren’t risking your health.

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